Electron arrangement and the periodic table

Valence shell electron arrangements and the periodic table... 

Get the scoop on the arrangement of the periodic table and the properties it conveys for each group of elements. Just from looking at the periodic table and its placement of elements, you can find so much information, from electron energy levels to ionic charge and more. 

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Give the atomic number, number of electrons, electron arrangement, and the Lewis dot structure for the elements helium, boron, chlorine, neon, and phosphorus. Use the periodic table as a source of information. 

Chapter 2 shows you that elements are arranged in the periodic table in order of increasing atomic number. The atomic number of an element equals the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of that element. The atomic number identifies an element. The atomic number appears above the symbol for each element in the periodic table. Any atom with only 1 proton in its nucleus is a hydrogen atom, the element with an atomic number of 1. The atomic number of carbon, for example, is 6. Every atom of carbon has 6 protons in its nucleus. Likewise, any atom that has 6 protons in its nucleus is a carbon atom. If an atom has 7 protons in its nucleus, it s not carbon it s the next element, nitrogen. For a neutral atom, the atomic number also equals the number of electrons about the nucleus. An electrically neutral atom must have the identical number of positive and negative charges. 

As we study the periodic law and periodic table, we shall see that the chemical and physical properties of elements follow directly from the electronic structure of the atoms that make up these elements. A thorough familiarity with the arrangement of the periodic table is vital to the study of chemistry. It not only allows us to predict the structure and properties of the various elements, but it also serves as the basis for developing an understanding of chemical bonding, or the process of forming molecules. Additionally, the properties and behavior of these larger units on a macroscopic scale (bulk properties) are fundamentally related to the properties of the atoms that comprise them. 

A thorough familiarity with the arrangement of the periodic table allows us to predict electronic structure and physical and chemical properties of the various elements. It also serves as the basis for understanding chemical bonding. 

Figure 1.9 (a) The relationship between the electron configuration of atoms and the periodic table arrangement, and... 

A valuable aspect of the arrangment of atoms on the basis of similar electronic configurations within the periodic table is that an atom s position provides information about its properties. Some of these properties, and how they vary across periods and groups, are now discussed. 

Correlations between electronic configurations for the elements and the periodic table arrangement of elements make it possible to determine a number of details of electronic structure for an element simply on the basis of the location of the element in the periodic table. Special attention is paid to the last or distinguishing electron in an element. Elements are classified according to the type of subshell (s, p, d, f) occupied by this electron. The elements are also classified on the basis of other properties as metals, nonmetals, or metalloids. 

Elements are arranged in the periodic table set up by Mendeleev in 1875 according to their atomic number, forming the most important method for grouping related elements. The horizontal rows (periods) indicate the total number of electron shells in the atoms of the elements and the vertical columns (groups) include elements that have similar configurations of the outermost electron shells of their atoms. 

So far, you have learned that the elements are arranged in the periodic table according to their atomic number and that there is a rough correlation between the arrangement of the elements and their electron configurations. In this section, the relationship between the periodic law and electron configurations will be further... 

The relative size of sodium and potassium ions is an example of a periodic property one that is predictable based on an element s position within the periodic table. In this chapter, we examine several periodic properties of elements, including atomic radius, ionization energy, and electron affinity. We will see that these properties, as well as the overall arrangement of the periodic table, are explained by quantum-mechanical theory, which we examined in Chapter 7. The arrangement of elements in the periodic table— originally based on similarities in the properties of the elements— reflects how electrons fill quantum-mechanical orbitals. 

Some of the important properties of solid materials depend on geometrie atomie arrangements and also the interactions that exist among constituent atoms or molecules. This chapter, by way of preparation for subsequent discussions, considers several fundamental and important concepts—namely, atomic structure, electron configurations in atoms and the periodic table, and the various types of primary and secondary interatomic bonds that hold together the atoms that compose a solid. These topics are reviewed briefly, under the assumption that some of the material is familiar to the reader. 

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